Letter from the Editor

Blood on their hands

Few chapters in English history had such a huge impact on the country as the Tudor dynasty, which remains one of the most fascinating periods in our history. Huge characters such as Elizabeth I and Henry VIII dominate, but what about that often-misrepresented queen, the one remembered forever as ‘Bloody Mary’? Was she as savage as her sobriquet would suggest, or is it time to reappraise this less-celebrated child of Henry VIII? Tracy Borman picks up the story on page 28.